Briggs: I was positively convinced that my first kidney stone was on par with the travails of Eve. I was quickly informed by one in the know that I was just sore. And mistaken. I can’t speak for Arius nor you. Hope you feel better soon.

I don’t know whither Europe but I think it is moving to the East and pushing up mountains in Asia Minor (but I may be wrong) while Africa is colliding with Europe and pushing up the Alps.We have plate tectonics all the time here in New Zealand and movement of the earth is a daily observation.http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html#anchor19173262